Man dies after being pulled from pond in Des Plaines

A man who was rescued after he fell from his kayak into a pond at an apartment complex this morning in Des Plaines has died from his injuries, officials said.

Anthony Hensley, 37, of the 200 block of North Harvard in Villa Park was pronounced dead at 8:16 a.m. at Advocate Luthern General Hospital in Park Ridge, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The Maine Township Fire Department was called shortly before 7 a.m. to the apartment complex located on the 9300 block of Bay Colony Drive.

Hensley apparently fell from his kayak into the pond there, and rescuers pulled him from the water after searching for about 45 minutes, officials said.

According to preliminary report, Hensley was believed to be a contractor hired by the apartment complex to place swans in the pond to ward off geese, officials said.

He was taken in serious condition to Lutheran General Hospital where he died.